Natyashastra
बहुजातिबीजपूरकमामिषखण्डं च निर्देश्यम् । देवार्चनबलिहरणे समुद्गके साग्रपिण्डदाने च । कार्यः पुष्पप्रकरश्च पद्मकोशेन हस्तेन ॥ ८२॥
[This hand] should be held [to represent] offering Pūja to a deity, carrying tribute, casket, offering the first funeral cake, and a number of [small] flowers, are also to be indicated by the Padmakośa hand.
english translation
bahujAtibIjapUrakamAmiSakhaNDaM ca nirdezyam । devArcanabaliharaNe samudgake sAgrapiNDadAne ca । kAryaH puSpaprakarazca padmakozena hastena ॥ 82॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript